The beginning of any new year is typically an opportunity to make a fresh start with various things in one’s life – be it investment or otherwise. It is an opportunity to refresh your investment portfolio but also a time to look back at the past year and understand what has been done in attempting…
It was reported earlier this week that hedge funds as a group have materially ratcheted up their borrowing levels, primarily to trade equities. “Margin” loans extended by NYSE brokers to their clients reached the highest in four years whilst leverage amongst hedge fund managers who speculate on share prices climbed to levels not seen since…
The world’s largest Chip maker, Intel Corp, is getting battered this afternoon with a 6.5% drop to $21.20 after reporting a weak sale outlook for the first quarter yesterday, together with a huge increase in its capital expenditure programme totaling $13 billion, a $2 billion increase versus 2012. The shares initially reacted positively on…
I have to say that analysing the average length of time it takes to get over the death of a loved one for the analysis I did on Apple (AAPL) in my book – Lessons From The Financial Markets for 2013 was something that proved very insightful for me. Research on www.caring.com was done a…
We have been bulls of Apple shares around these levels (see here – Long Apple @ $533 (66% of position size) with a Feb $490 v $440 1 x 2 Put Spread running – net cost $4. Added to long position @ $508 – 27 Dec 2012) and believe that an important bottom was put…
Much to the chagrin of our friend “Sueyou” on the bulletin boards (and his various aliases) and now Lucien Miers, it seems the phoenix like rise of Ceres Power continues. In talking to market participants, it is relayed that there is a dearth of sellers at this level with a lot of profit taking/reduction in…
We have covered Bumi extensively in recent months (see tabs to right under Blog categories), riding the re-rating from the lows of 170p exceptionally well. Click the image at the bottom of here to receive a free e-guide that covers Bumi in depth and our assesment of value and the end game. The price action…
For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Fro, January 18, 2013 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen up around 10 points higher today UK Corporate Announcements Spectris reports Q4 LFL sales gained 4% with an adjusted operating profit of around £229m, from £201m and will…
For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Thurs, January 17, 2013 Euro Monthly chart Last Updated, January 16th, 2013 The euro monthly chart above shows how the currency has had a relatively strong performance over the past decade despite the wider concerns in the past few years.…
For more interesting research & professional Technical Analysis from Cantor Index click here to register for free. Thurs, January 17, 2013 Cantor Opening Call The FTSE is seen down 10 points lower today UK Corporate Announcements Home Retail details Argos LFL sales gained 2.7%, well ahead of the flat forecasts, and Homebase LFL sales dipped 3.9%…
